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Authentic Leadership at the Vistula, Summer of 1944
Pictured: (L-R) Marshal of Aviation V.A. Sudets, Marshal of the Soviet Union V.I. Chuikov, and Colonel General V.A. Belyavsky in Odessa...
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Oct 16, 20243 min read
An Authentically Decisive Leader in Post-War Germany
Pictured: Marshal V.I. Chuikov (center) during one of his visits to the GDR, 1974. He was awarded the first class gold version of the...
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Sep 25, 20243 min read
On the Marshal’s Desk, Part 3
Pictured: Colonel-General V.I. Chuikov (left) talking with Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky in Poland, 1944. General Chuikov’s brother Nikolai...
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Sep 25, 20243 min read
A Proposal and a Succession Plan
Pictured: a plaque commemorating Marshal Chuikov, General Altunin, and General Govorov as leaders of the Civil Defense of the Soviet...
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Sep 12, 20244 min read
Authentic Situational Awareness
Pictured: V.I. Chuikov, mid-1938. On the reverse side of the photo: signature of Marshal Chuikov from 25 December 1958, given to author...
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Aug 18, 20242 min read
Organizational Silos and the Civil Defense
Pictured: (Stalingrad soldiers and relatives) A. Ya. Ochkin, A. M. Davydova, Marshal of the Soviet Union V. I. Chuikov, N. I. Smorodin....
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Aug 1, 20244 min read
Dismissive Behaviors at the Front
Pictured: Major General K.A. Gurov (left) with Lieutenant General V.I. Chuikov (center), Stalingrad, 1943. Before he was promoted to the...
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Jul 21, 20244 min read
The Use of Formal and Informal Organizational Structures in Chuikov’s 62nd/8th Guards Army
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov, 1942. (It has been a few months since I last crafted a blog entry, and during this brief...
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Jul 9, 20243 min read
Marshal Chuikov’s Effective Leadership, Part 2: Outstanding Leadership Theory
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov in Stalingrad, 1943. From the Tsvigun family photo archive. Previous blog posts have focused...
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Jul 9, 20242 min read
What If There Was No WW2?
Pictured: S. K. Tsvigun (second from right), Marshal of the Soviet Union V. I. Chuikov (third from left), Marshal of the Soviet Union I....
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Jun 30, 20243 min read
Learning Leadership: Observing and Analyzing the Enemy’s Behavior
Pictured: Military Council for the 62nd Army in Stalingrad. (L-R) Major-General K. A. Gurov, Major-General N. I. Krylov, and Commander...
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Jun 30, 20242 min read
A Bridge-Building General: Leadership in Action
Pictured: Article featuring General of the Army V. I. Chuikov and his appointment in Berlin in The Vancouver Daily Province, 30 March...
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Jun 29, 20244 min read
Bigger Is Better: The 115mm Tank Gun
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov and Major-General K. A. Gurov, Stalingrad. There are times when leaders must face precarious...
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Apr 21, 20242 min read
Passing the Torch
Pictured: from the publication Pioneerskaya Pravda of 1 February 1963. The text says the following: “The Beginning of the Path—the...
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Feb 6, 20242 min read
A Love for the Common Soldier
Pictured: A group of generals with Marshal of the Soviet Union V.D. Sokolovsky. From left to right: N.E. Chuvakov, M.Kh. Kaleshnik, V.I....
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Dec 17, 20233 min read
Authenticity Versus Arrogance
Pictured: (far left) A. A. Grechko, L. I. Brezhnev, E. Honecker, Commander-in-Chief of the GSVG E. F. Ivanovsky, and V. I. Chuikov (far...
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Dec 15, 20239 min read
Voicing a Grave Concern in a Scathing Letter
In researching Nikita Khrushchev’s ouster in 1964, I discovered that Soviet researcher Joseph Torigian cited an intriguing...
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Dec 13, 20232 min read
The Courage to Be Authentic
Pictured: image from Marshal V. I. Chuikov's visit to Mongolia in the 1970s, from the Venevsky Museum of Local Lore. (A brief entry to...
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Dec 4, 20233 min read
Two Marshals and a Wall in Berlin
Pictured: S.K. Tsvigun (center), Marshal of the Soviet Union V.I. Chuikov (far right), Marshal of the Soviet Union I.S. Konev (left),...
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Nov 30, 20232 min read
Complexity Theory and the Synergy of Sturm Groups
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov at an observation post in Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by Georgy Zemla. In today’s global business...
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